My mom says it'd be hilarious, but I'd have to be on the look out for pay backs!

A few years ago, the boys taped my dad's crutches together...imagine the surprise of my one legged father wobbly reaching for his crutches only to find them stuck tight! Jamie also popped the bottoms out of a few of those paper bathroom cups..classic...and neither of these were actually done on April 1st...we're just a mean family ;)

So, do you hide for the day? Or do you pull out all the stops? Any fun ideas?

(and don't tell the kiddos what's in them! oh, and the batter will be freakishly orange, but it tames

down during cooking!)

Make sure to sing this song as you're grating by hand all the carrots....unless you're lucky enough

to have a food processor...then you won't have time to get your groove on!

Of course, every day in our house is a Sunshiney Day...everybody's smilin' and nobody's fightin' or banished to their rooms...sunshine daaaaaay! ha, yeah right.....at least their bickering got 3 loads of laundry folded! Well, I guess things are looking up when you think about it....Doo doo doo doo, dodododododo...sunshine day!

Thursday, March 24, 2011

(this was waiting for me today on our school table...why work on spelling when they can just build it?!?)

Man, what a MONTH! I have been sick since Feb......and frankly, I'm sick of it!!!!

I started with a cold, then went to just completely worn out for a few weeks (like 2 naps a day and still sleeping 10 hours a night!)...then the bomb hit---my lymph system went completely nuts :/ All of a sudden, I had these lima bean sized bumps everywhere---hurt like you know what---antibiotics, pain meds and plenty of sleep and I am finally back to somewhat ok.

I'm sick of eating "easy" food---of course, everything that I bought for our meals the last two weeks were super labor intensive sooooo the boys have been having lots of mac and cheese and spaghetti o's (gag!).

I've got a few projects on the back burners and I've made a couple of cool recipes the last two days.....but the hub is picking up hours today and is standing over me wanting the ol 'puter so he can leave....

TaTa For Now----hope that spring is shining where ever you are today (the sun is here, but it's stinkin cold...talk of snow this weekend but I'm holding out for only green grass from here on out!)

Ok Folks, time for the boys to do something constructive-----Dishes! Noooo, oh the wailing and nashing of teeth heard from that idea!

Dishes done, time for school.....What? Today's topic is not on why Riley indeed makes a better Indiana Jones than Corey?!? Yes, Riley Does have a cowboy hat...but Corey was so kind to inform us that Indiana does NOT wear a cowboy hat! It's a feDORaaaaaaaaaa! Really, well now we know ;)

15 minutes into school and I'm sounding more and more like Sister Mary Elephant----class.....Class......CLASS!!!!! Boys, sounds to me like it's time to take a break.....watch Indiana Jones Last Crusade. At least I can ooogle the Jones Boys plus the added bonus of WW2, Bible, Ancient Greek and Geography. (I'm sure that I could think of more homeschooling merits for Indiana, but my brain is fried...margaritas for lunch anyone?)

I guess we'll try again after lunch....but remember you can't have your pudding until you eat your meat.....or is that you can't go outside until you finish your Math? There we go, that sounds better....

Sunday, March 6, 2011

A couple of weeks ago, we had a little craft girls weekend.....Ami was sweet enough to show us how to make these domino necklaces (sorry for the bad pic, it's so hard to get a good close up of anything with my bb)

During my fast, Hebrews 12 was something that I kept coming back to:

-Throw every hindrance aside, the sin that so easily entangles us.

-Run with perseverance the race marked out for us.

-Fix Your Eyes On Jesus!

I love how The Message paraphrase says this next part:

Keep your eyes on Jesus, who both began and finished this race we're in. Study how he did it. Because he never lost sight of where he was headed—that exhilarating finish in and with God—he could put up with anything along the way: Cross, shame, whatever. And now he's there, in the place of honor, right alongside God. When you find yourselves flagging in your faith, go over that story again, item by item, that long litany of hostility he plowed through. That will shoot adrenaline into your souls!

Intentionality---focused, purposeful, eyes on the prize

Never loose sight of where you're headed! In this life we will have trials, pain will come....but keep your eyes focused...keep putting one foot in front of the other...before you know it, you've reached you're destination!

I've been focusing on this when New Mexico seems so far....funny how passionate we were just after returning and now life chips away at the dream, it gets dusty, maybe misplaced a bit.

Living with intent. Every day has a purpose, what are we doing.....are we running, training, persevering or sitting on the sidelines eating hoho's?

I need more intention in my day to day

---less fluff, less distractions, no excuses

---More Focus

---More Determination

---More of my eyes lifted up looking at my Coach!

Keep my eyes focused Lord....open to your leading-teachable, moldable......I want to live a life full on for Jesus....I want to experience the miraculous everyday.....don't let these light and momentary troubles harden my heart, blind my eyes. Fill me with Your Holy Fire---blow the roof off the paradigm that I build around you, Father.

About Me

Over the Rainbow

I took this picture after having a terrible day...one filled with self doubt and questioning if God was ever going to come through in our situation. On my way to meet a friend for coffee I saw this as I turned onto the highway. It was the biggest, brightest rainbow I had ever seen....the Perfect reminder that God does keep his promises! I decided to put this picture up as a reminder to myself of God's faithfullness.